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Copland Dance Episodes Special Offer

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Get two A or B Reserve tickets for $220* to selected performances in the Copland Dance Episodes Melbourne season.

A stunning explosion of colour, fun and music, Justin Peck's Copland Dance Episodes makes its exclusive Australian premiere, and first performances outside New York, in Melbourne this June. 

A Tony Award-winner and Resident Choreographer of New York City Ballet, Peck reaches new heights with this striking modern ballet that surges with energy, precision and cinematic sweep. Thirty dancers bring Aaron Copland's vivid, joyous score to life in 22 episodes that exude electricity from start to finish.  

Dynamic, exhilarating and utterly uplifting, this is ballet at full volume. 

If you liked Everywhere We Go (Justin Peck, Instruments of Dance 2022), Glass Pieces (Jerome Robbins, Prism 2025) or the 2021 film adaptation of West Side Story (choreographed by Justin Peck), you'll love Copland Dance Episodes.

  • Melbourne / Naarm

    23 June – 26 June 2026

  • Australian Premiere
  • Duration

    73 minutes (no interval)

  • Ticket Price Range

    $220* for two A or B Reserve tickets

Terms and Conditions*

  • A or B Reserve ticket purchases only.
  • Only applicable for selected performances: 23 June 7:30pm, 24 June 7:30pm, 25 June 7:30pm, 26 June 7:30pm.
  • Only applicable to adult tickets, no additional concessions can be applied.
  • Offer subject to availability, until performance completed or until allocation exhausted.
  • ⁠Offer does not retroactively apply to already purchased tickets.

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“Jazz flirts with ballet” — Bach­track
“a rare combination of music and dance...makes the heart melt and swell concurrently” — Crit­i­cal Dance

Production credits

Choreography Justin Peck
Music Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man, Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid
Costume design Ellen Warren
Set design Jeffrey Gibson
Lighting design Brandon Stirling Baker

Copland Dance Episodes was originally commissioned by New York City Ballet, premiere January 26 2023, David H. Koch Theater.

Music

Melbourne
With Orchestra Victoria

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